Olson's Tree » Flora Payne Whitney (1897-1986)
Personal data Flora Payne Whitney
Sources 1, 2Source 2- She was born on July 29, 1897 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America.Source 2
- She died on July 18, 1986 in Old Westbury, Nassau, New York, USA, she was 88 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Westbury, Nassau County, New York, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude VANDERBILT
Household of Flora Payne Whitney
(1) She is married to Roderick "Roddy" Tower.
They got married on April 19, 1920 at Manhattan, New York, USA, she was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Pamela Tower 1921-2013
- Whitney Tower 1923-1999
(2) She is married to George MacCulloch Miller.
They got married on February 24, 1927 at Cairo, Egypt, she was 29 years old.
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Sources
- (Not public)
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday July 29, 1897
- The temperature on July 29, 1897 was about 20.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
- April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
- May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
- June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
- September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
Day of marriage February 24, 1927
- The temperature on February 24, 1927 was between 1.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
- January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
- June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
- August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
- November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
Day of death July 18, 1986
- The temperature on July 18, 1986 was between 9.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
- March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
- October 9 » The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
- October 10 » A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
- December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
Same birth/death day
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- 1898 » Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1988)
- 1899 » Walter Beall, American baseball player († 1959)
- 1900 » Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1976)
- 1900 » Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist († 1986)
- 1984 » Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 1984 » Lally Bowers, English actress (b. 1914)
- 1987 » Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (b. 1907)
- 1988 » Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)
- 1988 » Nico, German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1938)
- 1989 » Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P5674.php : accessed March 7, 2026), "Flora Payne Whitney (1897-1986)".